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Federal Correctional Institution · Tallahassee, Florida

FCI Tallahassee

Security level
Low
Medical care level
2 of 4
Mental health care level
2 of 4
Population
1,194
Phone
850-878-2173

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Last checked: November 3, 2026 (BOP documents for this prison) Intel last checked: November 3, 2026 BOP status updated: Nov 3, 2026, 9:20 pm ET News updated: Nov 3, 2026, 2:55 pm ET

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Tallahassee at a glance

Tallahassee is a low-security federal prison (FCI) that mainly holds women. It also has a detention center (FDC) for men who are waiting for trial or sentencing. It sits about 3 miles east of downtown Tallahassee, Florida, on Highway 319 and Conner Boulevard.

How many people
1,194 in the FCI (BOP, October 29, 2026).
Medical care level 2
Stable outpatients who need to see a clinician anywhere from monthly to every 6 months. Examples the BOP gives: diabetes controlled with medication, epilepsy, emphysema. Click here to read the source: BOP "Institution Care Levels for Medical Assignment," February 13, 2024 (released under FOIA 2024-03455) ↗
Mental health care level 2
Routine outpatient mental health care, or short crisis care such as suicide watch. The BOP does not post care levels on its website. This list is dated February 13, 2024 and came out through a public records request. Click here to read the source: BOP "Institution Care Levels for Medical Assignment," February 13, 2024 (released under FOIA 2024-03455) ↗
Who is there
Women and men. On the first day of the 2026 audit, ages ran from 19 to 79. Click here to read the source: PREA audit report, FCI Tallahassee (onsite June 2 to 4, 2026) ↗
Built for
1140 people. The audit counted 1188 on its first day, and says the prison was over capacity at some point in the 12 months before June 2026. Click here to read the source: PREA audit report, FCI Tallahassee (onsite June 2 to 4, 2026) ↗
Average stay
561.7 days at the FCI and 82.8 days at the detention center. The prison admitted 5703 people in the 12 months before the audit. Click here to read the source: PREA audit report, FCI Tallahassee (onsite June 2 to 4, 2026) ↗
Counts
At least five official counts every 24 hours. They must stand at bedside for the 4:00 p.m. and 10:00 p.m. counts, and also at 10:00 a.m. on weekends and holidays. Click here to read the source: FDC/FCI Tallahassee Admission and Orientation Handbook (January 2026) ↗
Inspector General visit (May 2023)
The Justice Department's Inspector General inspected Tallahassee and found moldy bread, rotting vegetables and signs of rodents in food service, leaking roofs in the women's housing units, and officer shortages (see the Safety tab). Click here to read the source: DOJ Inspector General, Inspection of FCI Tallahassee, report 24-005 (November 2023) ↗

The BOP's own page for FCI Tallahassee.